What little things have you done

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Inspired by a story on R4 early this morning. A bloke claimed he was still using a 10 year old battery in his alarm clock, because he takes the battery out of it
during the day and at weekends

 

[Reno]

I just held in a fart as not to contribute to methane emissions. I'm sure Greta would be so proud of me.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I'd stopped using carrier bags at the shops long before it was cool.

 

[BigMoaner]

i have turned my 1 hour commute into a paradise of meditation, mental processing, music and reading. about the only few hours i get to myself each day.

 

[bimble]

I have saved the world by purchasing a bamboo toothbrush.

 

[DotCommunist]

I virtuously live a frugal life, like unto the saints of old. Only I have weed. But other than that my humble asceticism should be a lesson to you all.

 

[campanula]

i darn old socks.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I don't drive so I'm basically a saint compared to the evil motorists.

 

[klang]

I walk very slowly.

 

[maomao]

Loads but probably all undone by my gas boiler and lack of a cavity wall.

 

[petee]

batteries? i have a battery-powered scale and only put the battery in when i want to use it.
presto, one battery for its whole life, 15 years i think, and i didn't even pay for it, it's a holdover from the previous dispensation.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

batteries? i have a battery-powered scale and only put the battery in when i want to use it.
presto, one battery for its whole life, 15 years i think, and i didn't even pay for it, it's a holdover from the previous dispensation.

Isn't that a bit of a faff though? If the scale is off the battery won't drain much I'd guess - possibly no more quickly than if it's kept out of the scale.

That reminds me - I've got some dead batteries I need to chuck in the recycling bin.

 

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The battery could be off the scale

 

[MickiQ]

My alarm clock is mains powered so no savings there I'm afraid.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

My alarm clock is mains powered so no savings there I'm afraid.

Buy a wind up alarm clock - apart from the environmental cost of producing it, zero running costs.

 

[petee]

Buy a wind up alarm clock - apart from the environmental cost of producing it, zero running costs.

but then you have the tick-tick-tick and while i can sleep in a room with every light on, i can't tolerate noise.
though come to think of it, you probably like ticks.

 

[fishfinger]

I have saved the world by purchasing a bamboo toothbrush.

That's just silly - bamboo doesn't have any teeth!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

but then you have the tick-tick-tick and while i can sleep in a room with every light on, i can't tolerate noise.
though come to think of it, you probably like ticks.

Ticking clocks have never bothered me. Would you cope with lots of clocks ticking while you're awake? I love the clock room in the British Museum - lots of mechanical clocks all ticking away - very soothing.

PS - changed my avatar in your honour.

 

[MickiQ]

Buy a wind up alarm clock - apart from the environmental cost of producing it, zero running costs.

One massive flaw in that, It relies on me remembering to wind the fucker, I don't have to remember to generate any electricity.

 

[maomao]

Why the fuck would anyone need an alarm clock if they have even the most basic phone?

 

[hash tag]

Our phones stay out of the bedroom.

 

[weltweit]

I haven't bought a carrier bag in months, my local shop sells these really rugged ones for 10p and it is possible to reuse them hundreds of times.

Saw an interesting thing today though, about the difference between alloy cans of drink and plastic bottles. Apparently because it is so easy to reuse, 70% of all the aluminium that has been generated is still in use and is numerously recycled as more drink cans - by comparison just 5% of plastic is recycled.

 

[maomao]

Our phones stay out of the bedroom.

I leave it on top of a cupboard by the door so that I get up when it goes off.

 

[mx wcfc]

Biodegradable washing up scrubbing pads, rather than those green and yellow plastic things.

 

[weltweit]

I leave it on top of a cupboard by the door so that I get up when it goes off.

I have a clock alarm radio and my phone on my bedside table. My phone goes off at 6:00, then the clock radio goes off at 6:05, each time I have to hunt around to sleep the right item, usually this cycle goes on for 15-20 minutes before I give up and get up

 

[SpookyFrank]

I fed three range rover drivers to a hungry polar bear.

 

[girasol]

Foot down on the clutch when going downhill to save petrol. A tip I got from people driving in the 70s (but it's pointless nowadays, it would seem)

But really, I do the usual: recycling, no plastic bags, etc etc... Is this a virtue signalling thread?

 

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Foot down on the clutch when going downhill to save petrol. A tip I got from people driving in the 70s (but it's pointless nowadays, it would seem)

But really, I do the usual: recycling, no plastic bags, etc etc... Is this a virtue signalling thread?

Don't try coasting in an automatic.

 

[platinumsage]

I figured we don’t need a very bright lamp in the room when watching TV so I fitted it with a 1 watt fridge bulb.

 

[MickiQ]

I have a clock alarm radio and my phone on my bedside table. My phone goes off at 6:00, then the clock radio goes off at 6:05, each time I have to hunt around to sleep the right item, usually this cycle goes on for 15-20 minutes before I give up and get up

I have Mrs Q , If I don't get up and cancel it immediately she will express her displeasure and unlike the alarm clock I can't cancel her.